"If
I'm going to do something that could be provocative or artistically relevant,
I have to be prepared to put myself in a place where I feel unsafe, not
completely in control. I have no fear of failure whatsoever, because often
out of that uncertainty something is salvaged, something that is worthwhile
comes about. There is no progress without failure. And each failure is a
lesson learned. Unnecessary failures are the ones where an artist tries
to second guess an audience's taste, and little comes out of that situation
except a kind of inward humiliation." — David Bowie